暗
ànān HSK4

dark

暗 àn frequency
variants 晻,闇
dark adjective
dark; dim; having very little light; dull in color

为什么这么暗？

wèi​shén​me zhè​me àn?

Why is it so dark?

hidden adjective
hidden; secret; not made public; done in private without others knowing

他是从一个暗门逃走的。

tā shì cóng yī​ge àn mén táo zǒu de.

He escaped through a secret door.

ignorant noun
(literary) confused; muddled; lacking in understanding or wisdom
暗 àn
variant 晻
to get dark adjective
to turn dark; to become dim or obscure (of the sky, a room, etc.)

7月7日晚，天空越来越暗。

7 yuè7 rì wǎn, tiān​kōng yuè​lái​yuè àn.

On the evening of July 7, the sky became darker and darker.

surname
a Chinese surname
暗 闇 àn
to close
(literary) to close a door
nightfall
(literary) evening; nightfall; dusk
to obscure
(literary) to cover up; to eclipse; to be submerged or lost to history
暗 闇 ān
familiar with
(literary) to be well-acquainted with; to know well; to be familiar with

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Frequency
Character
Written text
829th most common 216.4 per million
Movie subtitles
971st most common 110.5 per million appears in 41% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
26.3 per million appears in 9% of films
Written text
49.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
13
Unicode
U+6697

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)